Improvement in seed-planters



J. M. xL s. B. HBIGBS.

Seed-Planter. No. 215,614. P Patented l ay 20, v1879. u*

Aww llll' Lay INVENTOR HORN s N, PETERS. PHOTDALITHOGRAPMER, wA'MlNGTOND C UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

JOHN M. HEIGES AND SAMUEL B. HEIGES, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN `SEED-PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.V 215,614, dated May 20,1879; application filed March 17, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it'known that we, JOHN M. HEIGES and SAMUEL B. HEIGEs, of York, inthe county of York, and in the State of Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Seed-Planters; and do hereby de-.clare that the following' is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, making a part of thisspeciiication.

The nature of our invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a seedplanter, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth. d

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which our inventionappertains to make and use the same, we will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which-Figure l is a transverse vertical section of a seed-planter embodyingourinvention. Fig. 2 is a bottom view, showing the relative positionofthe boots with seed-distributer and the coverers. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the seed-distributer. Fig. 4 is a perspective viewfrom the under side of the boot with seed-distributer.

A represents the frame of a seed-planter, mounted upon wheels B B, andprovided with seed-box C and a seeding mechanism of any suitable ordesired construction.

D represents a cast-iron boot, provided with a steel reversible point,F, and a right-handed and a left-handed mold-board (marked G G) attachedto said boot. rllhe mold-boards are formed with straight lower edges, aa, for the purpose of scoring the ground to a uniform depth and levelsurface, set at an angle with the point F, so as to score to any desiredwidth.

The mold-boards Gr G are united at their upper edges by a concave top,b, for the purpose of protecting the seed-distributer I from the groundthrown up by the scorer.

The seed-distributer I occupies the entire space between themold-boards, and is placed at such an inclination within the same as tofreely carry the seed from the tube H or other device attached to theseeder. This seeddistributer consists of a metal plate, cast or swaged,convex in its general surface, having five (more or less) groovesradiating from the point upon which the seed is delivered from the tubeto the entire width included between the mold-boards at the rear.

The coverer is connected to the frame A of the seeder by two or morebars, J J, consisting of a plank or frame, K, the length of which is theentire width 5 and to this plank are, by means of bolts, attached aseries of right and left handed mold-boards, L, forming triangles, andso arranged as to follow the seeder and cover the grain, leveling thesurface at the same operation.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the boot D, reversible point F, mold-boards G, havinglower straight edges, a, and the corrugated distributer I, all

constructed and arranged to operate substantially as and for thepurposes herein set forth.

In testimony th at we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our handsthis 21st day of February, 1879.

JOHN M. HEIGES. SAMUEL B. HEIGES.

Witnesses W. H. SITLER, GEORGE DARON.

